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Intel x86 vs. Arm: The Most Important Selection Criterion – New Futurum Research Report

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In this research report, Futurum Research examines why in selecting the optimal microprocessor architecture organizations must take a comprehensive approach in understanding the strategic microprocessor architecture powering their implementations. This includes understanding fully that the migration off of x86 to Arm for most companies would prove to be a significant undertaking at a point in where the diverse x86 offerings in market are market tested and trusted by enterprises to run the vast majority of enterprise applications—especially those critical in nature.

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Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability: Available for General Use Starting June 1

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Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer and Futurum junior analyst Lauren Kirkpatrick take a look at Microsoft’s upcoming release of Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability offering scheduled for GA on June 1st, and designed to help organizations accelerate their sustainability progress, regardless of where they are in their sustainability journeys.

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Marvell Injects New CXL Technology into Cloud-Optimized CXL Portfolio with Tanzanite Acquisition

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Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why Marvell’s acquisition of Tanzanite locks in Tanzanite’s Compute Express Link (CXL) technology and expertise that further bolsters Marvell’s CXL platform for cloud data centers. The deal follows on Marvell’s string of successful M&A deals, such as the Innovium and Inphi acquisitions, demonstrating its organization-wide ability to effectively use acquisitions to broaden its addressable market and boost overall competitiveness throughout key markets such as the cloud-optimized silicon market segment.

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Kyndryl and Red Hat Announce Partnership to Advance IT Automation for Multicloud Infrastructure

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Futurum analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the recently announced partnership between Kyndryl and Red Hat. As hybrid cloud deployments start to happen at scale Global System Integrators are flocking to form relationships with providers such as Red Hat so they can be skilled in the latest technologies such Ansible Automation Platform.

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Dell Technologies World: Dell and Snowflake Seek to Simplify Data Access and Spur Insights in the Multi-cloud Era

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Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why the Dell and Snowflake alliance bolsters Dell’s overall multi-cloud vision and portfolio including increased flexibility for users operating throughout multi-cloud environments and fulfilling data workload optimization as well as how both partners can strengthen their alliance by putting more portfolio development and marketing emphasis on ML capabilities.

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The Future of Cloud is the Network – New Futurum Research Report

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In this research report, Futurum Research explores the Cisco Cloud Networking proposition and why it is well-suited for the multi-cloud era, addressing the design, deployment, and operation of a network across and within multiple cloud environments at scale for any application. For IT leaders making decisions about the future of their networks and cloud transformation journeys, the Cisco Cloud Network portfolio should rank high on consideration lists.